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When saving goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... economy. The more the government saves, the more households save, the more businesses saves. Guess it's up to Governor Glen Stevens to save the day. But tell me how anyone could afford to pay zero percent interest rates with zero income? Saving for a ...

Jobs a-plenty but not if Gillard could help it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... implemented by the Reserve Bank of Australia about a year or so before? If you bother to read the nuances of RBA chief Glen Stevens' statements over the past two months, it certainly is looking that way. On 22 February, Governor Glen told the House of ...

All Ords at 5000 overvalued but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... more bites on the official cash rate. I bet that these bets are being rethought as I punch away on my keyboard. Governor Stevens should have stuck with his statement after the RBA's February meeting that, "Though the full impact of this [the 1.75% rate ...

MySuper perceived as re-badging exercise

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... product. Many funds are just treating MySuper as a chance to re-badge the default scheme they already have, said Darren Stevens, head of product for admin-technology provider Bravura Solutions. While this will still solve some of the historical problems ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... Communications released its first half results on Friday. On the economic front this week, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens addresses The Anika Foundation on Tuesday, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases consumer price index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... release their Survey of Consumer Sentiment for June. In Brisbane, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), Glenn Stevens, addresses an Economic Society of Australia luncheon. There is no significant equities news scheduled on Wednesday. Among ...

Trust Company appoints MD for NZ

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... presented by the merger of our businesses," said John Atkin, chief executive, Trust Company. In addition to Botica, Cathy Stevens has joined as executive general manager of business operations and information systems and Chris McDermott as general manager ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... contract was two points higher at 4,776. In economics news on Thursday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens delivered a speech in London overnight to a luncheon of Australian Business in Europe. The Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Our fearful trip is done

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... times forever. This is not the case today. We still hear clarion calls, doubts, suspicions and dare I say it again, 'dead cat bounce' calls. The rally in equity markets is not yet commensurate to the amount of liquidity that is flooding the system. When ...

Depends on the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... investment in the year ahead ignited speculation that the RBA will raise interest rates as early as next month. Governor Stevens' statement saying that cash rates would need to rise from the "emergency" level of 3.0 per cent at some point in time fired ...